Using archival materials in the language classrooms can help students connect to historical events, better understand the present, and think about language and culture through their own disciplinary perspectives. This workshop is for graduate student instructors that would like to… Read More »Using Archival Materials in Languages Courses
Face-to-face language courses tend to use in-class time mostly for lecture and language practice. Such instructional modes are difficult when, as in our current public health crisis, teaching and learning must be done online. What are the specific challenges for… Read More »A Critical Approach to non-F2F Language Teaching
CUNY’s classrooms are famously diverse, a reality reflected in the vast number of languages spoken by undergraduate students. Have you thought about how this language diversity will impact your teaching, and specifically how they how language dynamics impact classroom communication?… Read More »Activating Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom
Many language instructors enter the classroom for the first time without knowledge of language acquisition principles. They are often asked to design their classes based on a textbook that doesn’t speak to students’ experiences and fails to appeal directly to… Read More »Incorporating Cultural Content in the Language Classroom
Approximately 40 percent of CUNY undergraduates speak a language other than English at home, and with 174 different languages spoken across campuses, CUNY is one of the most linguistically diverse universities in the nation. Are you looking for ways to… Read More »Languages
How does your linguistic positionality shape your teaching and learning practices? How do we engage the multilingual student body within the CUNY system? Despite the linguistic diversity within CUNY, our pedagogical practices often do not align with this reality: classes… Read More »Questioning Our Linguistic Practices
CUNY classrooms frequently feature students with a variety of language backgrounds. This workshop explores the ways in which that diversity can be an asset to a classroom and will offer tools for highlighting these varied perspectives and experiences. We will… Read More »Working with ELL/ESL Students
